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Subject: Re: Ethernet Suffering
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Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 22:26:44 EDT
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We use diskless Suns extensively.  We have around 40 diskless machines
on one Ethernet.  There is evidence that this causes more load than
one would prefer.  On the other hand, it is also not a disaster.  I'm
sceptical of 2 machines causing serious problems.  We'd rather keep it
to about 25.  Because of the critical dependence of Suns on their
Ethernets, and the wierd things that some TCP/IP implementations do to
the Ethernet, we keep diskless Suns on separate Ethernets dedicated to
just Suns.  We use a real IP gateway between the Ethernets.  Level 2
bridges would certainly help with the load, but would not necessarily
provide isolation from wierd packets.  Whether this is a problem
depends upon how confident you are in your TCP/IP implementations.